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- ↑ Higgins, Paula, ed. (1999). Antoine Busnoys: Method, Meaning, and Context in Late Medieval Music. Oxford University Press. p. 552. ISBN 0-19-816406-8.
- ↑ Montagna, Gerald (1987). Fenlon, Iain (ed.). Early Music History 7: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (2009 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-521-74654-0.
- ↑ Archivio Storico Lombardo: Indici Anni I - XX. Milan: Societa Storica Lombarda. 1893. p. 107.
- ↑ Taruskin, Richard (1986). "Antoine Busnoys and the "L'Homme armé" Tradition". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 39 (2): 255–293. doi:10.2307/831531. JSTOR 831531.
- ↑ RISM 451509099 Der Wolfenbütteler Chansonnier
- ↑ Fallows, David (2001). "Binchois [Binchoys], Gilles de Bins [Binch, Binche] dit". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03094.
- ↑ Fallows, David (2001). "Zacharie, Nicolaus". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.52676.